#AEA626#AEA626

#AEA626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA626
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -11.24, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 62.93, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0379 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4430, 36.4123, 7.2054)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA626 #262EAE

analogous

#AE6226 #AEA626 #72AE26

triadic

#AEA626 #26AEA6 #A626AE

tetradic

#AEA626 #26AE62 #262EAE #AE2672

square

#AEA626 #26AE62 #262EAE #AE2672

split-complementary

#AEA626 #2672AE #6226AE

monochromatic

#4A4610 #7C761B #AEA626 #D5CC3D #E0D96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AEA626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA626

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA626	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06c',
    500: '#aea626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea626;
$custom-light: #cac06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71024,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA626

secondary

#6A6FC6

accent

#4AE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA626

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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